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Kolbe Retires, Opening Pick Up Opportunity for Dem (none / 0)

On the Democratic side, St. Sen. Gabrielle Giffords would be an excellent choice and wouldn't surprise me, a lifelong resident of Tucson and a longtime resident of the District, more than 20+ years. George Cunningham ran in 2000 and lost, garnering only 36% of the vote.  He wasn't a good candidate.  Former Pima County Dep. County Atty., Mary Judge Ryan was another bad candidate, as well as former TUSD Board Member Eva Bacal.  Former Tucson Mayor Tom Volgy had his chance in 1998 but limited the amount of money he would raise and spent ($250k in coffees), and got 46%.  Prior Kolbe's challenge was 1984 when he took the seat from former Dem. Congressman Jim McNulty. Pima County Supervisor Ramon Valadez is a Democrat from Dist. 2, but he lives in CD-7, Cong. Grijalva's district, although there isn't a law in Arizona about residency it is not expected for him to run.

On the Republican side, it will be a primary battle, with County Supervisor Ray Carroll, st. Sen. Keith Bee, st. Rep. Steve Huffman, Marion McClure and possibly Peter Hershberger, as well as now former Tucson Councilmember Fred Ronstadt seeking the nod in 2006.

Republican Randy Graf and Democrat Jeff Latas will be left in the "Sonoran Desert Dust" in this contest, a battle until the September 2006 primary election.  Let the fun begin!

by Tucson Mark on Thu Nov 24, 2005 at 12:43:39 AM EST


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